Distributing-machine



F. C. NIRIDER.

DISTRIBUTING MACHINE. amnion FILED now. 12, ms.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

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DISTRIBU'HNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION mm NOV. 12. 1918.

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FRED C. NIRIDEB. OF LOOGOOTEE. ILLINOIS.

DISTRIBUTING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may SON/(117d Be it known that I, FRED C. Nnuonn, citizen of the United States, residing at Loogootee, in the county of Fayette and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributing- Maehines. of which the following is a sperr fication.

This invention is a machine for distributing manure. straw, limestone, phosphate and the like.

Broadly, the idea is to employ a wagon body with a rearwardly moving; carrier along its bottom, a pan on which the material is dropped, and rapidly revolving agi tators or distributors within said pan for throwing the material over a path from twenty to thirty feet wide as the vehicle progresses.

Specifically, the invention includes mcchanism for carrying out this genei al idea, particularly for driving the carrier from the hub of one of the wagon wheels, with means for varying the connection and therefore the speed of the carrier, and for driving the distributer or agitator from a small gasolene engine carried on the wagon body, so that the two are entirely independent.

Details are set forth. below, and attention is drawn to the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation partly broken awa and Fig. 2 is aitop plan. Mounted on wheels 1 is a wag-on body of appropriate shape and preferably having, inwardly inclined sides 2, and around bottom 3 between it front and rear FlllH l and 5 moves the apron i of the endless on r rier, traveling over rollers 7 and 8. ()no end of the rear r ller is connected with one of the main wheels 1 by appropriate means including speed changing mechanism. and in the drawings l have shown the roller as having a worm gear 9 engaged by a worm 10 on the upper end of a shaft 11 passing down alongside a disk 12. the disk being connected with the wheel 1 by appropriate means such as the belt 13 passing around a sprocket ll on the hub although of (OUTSU other connections ould lu'emploved. ()n the lower iortion of the shaft is splincd a triotiou wl'iecl iii. The friction Wheel is movable vertically by any appropriate mcchanism such as the bell-crank lever 16 having one arm connected with its hub, and the other arm connected with a rod 17 leading Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

Application filed November 12, 1918. Serial No. 262,181.

forward to a lever 18 adjacent the drivers seat 19. By manipulating this lever the friction wheel can be set at various distances from the center of the disk, and therefore its speed of rotation adjusted. Rotation of the shaft 11 is comnuniicaltal through the worm mechanism to the we r roller 8 and the apron 6 is therefore caused to move constantly to the rear over the bottom 3 of the wagon body.

Underlying and secured to the rear sill a is a pan 20 preferably of sheet metal and with or without upstandingsides as indi cated. Mounted transversely beneath this pan is a shaft 21 'bcllcd at left end as at 22 to a small motor 23 carried on a shelf alongside the wagon body. Rising through holes in the pan are two upright sl afts 24. each blaring),- a number of radiatinp arms 25 of any appropriate type and length, and the upper ends of these shafts are mounted in hearings in a bar it; which is connected by rods 27 with the sides :2 of the wagon body. The lower ends of the upright shafts are connected by gears in with the shaft 21 from whit-h the shafts receive their motion when the motor is set at work and there fore this mechanism is driven entirely by the motor. independent ol'.tbe progress of the machine.

'hen now a team or a tractor is hitched to the vehicle and the same moves forward, turning of its rear whet-b drives the disk and through the adjustable connection moves the apron to the rear. 'lherefore. whatever material is contained within the wagon body is carried slowly to the rear and over the rear sill 5 and dropped onto the pan 2' Meanwhile the motor drives the powrr shaft 2! which in turn communirates motion to the upi Ioht shafts 2t whose arms rotate rapidly and distribute the material over a path from twenty to thirty feet wide according to the proportion ol parts and the rapidity of art ion. It is obvious that the speed of the carrier may be adjusted by the mechanism described, although the latlcr is only typical of one form of lnllllt'l'llnll which I might employ. it is also obvious that the speed or Vigor of the distributin mechanism may he adjust ed by regulating the speed of the motor. Thus l throw-onto the trmrtor or horses only the labor of moving the wagon forward and its contents to the rear. while the greatest part, of the labor which is the distributing of the material is thrown onto the motor. The material may obviously be any that is desired, and I do not wish to be limited in this respect.

The foregoin r description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred, or approved form, of my invention It is to he understood that 1 may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions. et cetera. as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is p In a device of the character described, the combination of a body having a flanged pan extending from one end thereof, a substantially semi-looped bar carried by said bod at a distance above said pan, said bar oommg at oblique angles therefrom, the corners thus formed provided with bearings, upright shafts projecting through said pan and ha r ing their upper ends journaled in said bearings, radiatin v arms carried by said shafts, a shaft extent ing below and parallel to said pan, means for drivin said last mentioned shaft at a high rate 0 s eed, beveled gears carried b said last mentioned and first mentioned s afts meshing with each other, whereby when the last mentioned shaft is driven, rotary motion will be imparted to the first mentioned shaft for moving said arms in circles.

In testimony whereof I afiix my in presence of two witnesses.

FRED C. NIRLDER.

signature Witnesses:

FLOYD E. BULmNu'roN, CHAS. L. Foonnn. 

